Chapter 3

After clinging to me for a week, Su Huai finally went out of town on business.

I didn’t waste a second before going to see Sheng Jing.

He’d spent the week crying and making scenes, and was practically ready to hang himself.

Fortunately, I knew how to soothe him.

Unhappy?

Have sex.

Still angry?

Have sex.

Still ignoring me?

Have sex again.

No feelings. All technique.

By the time I’d cheered him up, though, I was exhausted.

My phone was ringing somewhere.

Sheng Jing, spooning me from behind, reached over to decline the call.

I jolted and snatched it first. Su Huai’s name on the screen sent my heart racing.

One swift, decisive move.

Decline.

Meeting Sheng Jing’s puzzled look, I feigned irritation. “Zhu Heng’s boyfriend is calling me to find her again!”

“I’m forever getting dragged into their little couple games!”

“I’ve had enough!”

A flawless performance.

Pressure really did bring out a person’s potential.

Sheng Jing said nothing. He just held me and had sex with me again.

He was going to drain me dry.

At last, Sheng Jing fell asleep.

I sneaked out onto the balcony to call Su Huai back.

“I was asleep.”

His voice sounded a little husky. “Did I wake you?”

“It’s fine. Why did you call? Did something happen?”

After all, he used to go ten days, even a fortnight, without calling me once.

There was a long silence on the other end.

Only after a good while did he say softly, “No. I just missed you.”

My heart gave a little jump.

When I tiptoed back to bed, I didn’t notice Sheng Jing’s eyes, slightly open in the dark.

After that day, Sheng Jing started saying strange things.

For instance,

“How’s my baby been? You haven’t been sleeping with anyone else, have you?”

“It’s mainly you.”

Sheng Jing: “?”

See? You ask, then get upset when I answer.

If we went two days without meeting, he’d post on his social feed late at night.

“Women aren’t a necessity. No reason to be glued to each other every day…”

If I fell asleep and didn’t answer his messages:

“Fuck, she’s ignoring me again. I don’t want to live.”

Then, five days later, Sheng Jing asked to see me.

His face was solemn.

“I know you’ve been spending time with Su Huai lately.”

“Life’s full of temptations. Some people have no shame and will try every trick in the book to seduce someone.”

I was so furious I was about to slam the table and leap to my feet.

Then he said, “So I don’t blame you.”

“It’s all that man’s fault for seducing you.”

Me: “?”

Sheng Jing patted my shoulder. “I’ll deal with him for you.”

Huh?

You were going to deal with Su Huai?

Well, that had everything backward…

Buddy, maybe deal with yourself first.

After a moment’s thought, I said, “Maybe you should look into it a little more?”

“A little more thoroughly?”

Sheng Jing frowned. “What do you mean?”

I didn’t dare tell him. I hurriedly found an excuse to leave, afraid that if I stayed any longer, I’d end up with broken legs and no way to walk out.

Sure enough, I’d barely reached home when Sheng Jing called.

I declined without batting an eye.

The phone rang again immediately.

With a trembling hand, I declined again.

After I’d rejected countless calls, Sheng Jing sent messages:

“Turns out I’M the fucking other man?!”

“Shen Shi’an, I’m the one you’re cheating WITH???”

“We’ve only been broken up three years and you’ve already found someone new?!”

Just reading them, I could picture him typing through gritted teeth.

I was so scared I threw my phone away from me.

The message alerts kept chiming.

Luckily, I was deaf.